Range
The range of the wild form stretches from Tamil Nadu, South India (where it has almost certainly been diluted with cross breeding from domestic breeds) eastwards across southern China and into Malaysia, The Philippines and Indonesia. Junglefowl are established on several of the Hawaiian Islands, but these are feral descendents of domestic chickens. They can also be found on Christmas Island and the Marianas.
Each of these various regions had its own subspecies. Some examples include:
- G. g. gallus Indochina
- G. g. bankiva Java
- G. g. jabouillei Vietnam
- G. g. murghi India
- G. g. spadiceus Burma
- G. g. domesticus (Chicken)
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